American Short Film Awards Announce 2016 Winners

Los Angeles, CA, January 12, 2017 --(PR.com)-- The American Short Film Awards have announced the winning short films from 2016.

The awards are given in 8 different categories, including Best Short Film, Best Short Documentary, Best Experimental Short Film.

The winner as the best short film of 2016 was the critically acclaimed "Twinsburg," Directed by Joe Garrity, the film follows a pair of twins at the largest gathering of twins in the world.

Other 2016 winners include "The Mother" as best drama short, "Enter The Cowboy" as the best experimental short, and "Vicious" as the best horror short.

The full list of 2016 winners can be found below:

Best short film: Twinsburg
Best Drama: The Mother
Best Comedy: How to Survive a Breakup
Best Horror: Vicious
Best Animation: Schiroka
Best Documentary: A System of Justice
Best Experimental: Enter the Cowboy
Best Ultra short: A Dog Named Rex

The American Short Film Awards were founded in 2011 by short film festival programmers from around the United States, who aimed to bring attention and award the best short films of the year.